I talked about a possible Grand Theft Auto V back in January. Unfortunately, that got debunked and the rumour mill said it would be available in 2010. But, on the day where BioShock 2 and Heavy Rain announced their delays, Take-Two Interactive has just talked about the multi-platform Grand Theft Auto V that everyone has been waiting for.

Unfortunately (again), the Take-Two Interactive Chairman, Strauss Zelnick, said "I think the key take away is that we fully anticipate we'll be able to achieve out goals of operating the company profitably in [2010], a year that won't have a multiplatform release of a new GTA." Sad, sad news, but he could be bluffing. Possibly.

Remember the rumoured Apple tablet from this morning? Apparently, the "processor will be designed in-house, making it the first chip to comt out of Apple's PA Semi acquisition." This would mean that the tablet that Apple is going to push out this October - if true - could be running on an ARM chip. This would make the tablet about as powerful than the current netbooks, so it would fit right in. However, with Apple you get the arguably beefed up price tag aka $800, which is always fun... This news is, of course, still unconfirmed.

The BlackBerry Tour is now available on Sprint, but for the young kids out there, here's a low-end phone for you. Introducing to you, the LG LX290 slider phone that is now available on Sprint. It has: a 1.3MP camera, Sprint Navigation service, Bluetooth, and a 2.5mm headphone jack. Other specs are really underwhelming and not important. This phone is now available for $30 USD after $150 of instant savings and a $50 mail-in rebate on a 2-year contract.

Like the Samsung InstinctQ M900, the Behold2 SGH-T939 has just gotten a Wi-Fi Interopability Certificate. The specs of the successor to the original Behold - that was released last holiday season - have not been mentioned yet, but it should be safe to say that it will have WiFi b/g, 3G, and at least a 5MP camera. It'll hit T-Mobile eventually, but the pricing and release date have not been mentioned yet.

Heavy Rain was scheduled to be released for the PlayStation 3 this Christmas time, but it's being delayed. I believe I heard earlier rumours about Heavy Rain being delayed, but now it's official. Quantic Dream is the creator of Heavy Rain and the co-CEO has just mentioned that it's "not ideal" to release this game just before Christmas, since it is an entirely brand new game. It sounds like an excuse Mr. co-CEO man, but that's alright, I don't mind the delay. This game is expected to be very graphics-heavy, but I think the gameplay aspect will be underwhelming. We'll just have to see what happens next year when it gets released.

"In the next few weeks" RIM will be launching their BlackBerry App World to more countries and will also be featured in more languages. Countries include: Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Austria, Luxembourg, Portugal, Belgium, and the Netherlands; Languages include: French, Italian, Spanish, German, etc. "RIM plans on adding new software categories to make finding what you're looking for just a little bit easier and will be adding support for URLs, which -- when opened from your BlackBerry's browser -- will take you straight to an app's page in App World." Like I said, look out for it "in the next few weeks." Slowly, but surely, RIM will hit every country with their App World.

I don't really have much to say here, but take a look at this excerpt I pulled from Pocket Lint.

The luxury offering contains approximately 150 grams of 18ct rose gold, finished off with no less than 53 pink diamonds housed in the 18ct rose gold Apple logo.

The iPhone will go on sale at www.stuarthughes.com later this week priced at a mere £21,995.

So... are you willing to spend £21,995 ($35,419 USD) for a tricked out iPhone 3GS? Probably not, but I just thought it was fascinating, seeing how we're in this economic crisis and people still seem to want to manufacture these things.

Well, looky here, it's another photo of what appears to be the long-awaited Google Chrome OS! Are you excited? I am - for pictures of the actual OS - but not for fake screenshots. I'm not even going to bother what the explanation said about the screenshot, but that's a fat and funky-looking scrollbar you got there. You can enjoy the picture above and you can click on the link below to see some more photos - that are probably fake.

Today, Micorosft was rumoured to be pushing out the Windows 7 RTM build and this could be it. Build 7600 of Windows 7 has just leaked to torrents. As of right now, the only torrents I found were for x64, so x86-based PCs will have to wait a little bit longer. Build 7600 is in the running to be the Windows 7 RTM build, so I'm going to download it and "test it out" after a crack gets released. Google it up for more information on these leaked torrent.

Microsoft's Monday announcement has just been, well, announced. Like the second rumour we heard, Microsoft announced that Office 2010 will have a free online suite, similar to Google Docs and Zoho. The online aspect will include the likes of Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and OneNote and will be available for free to anyone with a Live account. The "semi-private" testing begins today. I don't how this will affect the launch of the Google Chrome OS, but I guess Microsoft thinks it will do some damage.

Update: According to Crunch Gear, Microsoft Office 2010 has been leaked to torrents. It's still a beta, so take caution. I'm downloading it as we speak though... I mean, no I'm not not...

According to Amazon, this is the case. The HTC Hero was shceduled for a July 15th release date, but now Amazon says the targeted release date is July 24th. I don't know how this will affect the release dates of T-Mobile (G2 Touch) and Orange (HTC Hero) since their websites still say "Coming Soon." Don't forget that this will be the best Android phone to date spec-wise and it also rocks the new HTC Sense UI which is sure to amaze a bunch of people.

This is exactly what I've been waiting for! A knock-off iPhone with Hello Kitty all over it! The Hello Kitty Phone 3G may not have the nice UI, but it's got a beautiful pink Hello Kitty design all over it. What's there not to love? You can purchase this phone for $99 USD - that is, if you can find it.

As I was cruising around Vodafone's official website - looking for the free Samsung NC10 netbook - I came across the 32GB Nokia N97. I don't know how long it's been available, but the Nokia N97 is free on Vodafone UK on a £40 ($64 USD) per month plan. I just thought this was interesting, seeing how everywhere else the N97 is overpriced.

Just in case your forgot, the Nokia N97's got: a 3.5-inch resistive touchscreen display, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 5MP camera, GPS, WiFi, 32GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot (up to 16GB support), and HSDPA connectivity. Check it out on Vodafone's official website now.

The Samsung NC10 netbook already has a successor - the Samsung N110 - but let's not talk about that. The NC10 netbook from Samsung has just been launched by Vodafone UK. "The netbook is 'free' on both a 24-month contract for £25 ($40 USD) a month with 1GB of data and a 24 month contract for £30 ($48 USD) a month with 3GB of data."

The Samsung N310 netbook has been available - for pre-orders - for a while now on Best Buy's official website, but now it's Newegg's turn to get in the mix. According to Newegg themselves, they will have the Samsung N310 netbook in stock by the end of this week, so that could mean a July 16-18 date. Samsung has been intending to change the name of this netbook to the Samsung Go for a while now, but on Best Buy's official website it's still the N310. The price of this netbook has not been mentioned, but it should be under $500 USD, just like Best Buy.

Just like the title says, the 12MP Samsung Pixon12 is now available for pre-order in the UK, via Phones4U. The pre-orders are linked to an 18-month and a 2-year contract with Orange UK in which you can get 900 minutes and 3,000 texts or 1,200 minutes and 3,000 texts, respectively. For both contracts, this cameraphone will be free on a £40 ($64 USD) per month contract plan. Besides the whopping 12MP AF camera with a xenon flash, this phone also has: a 3.1-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display, Bluetooth, a microSD card slot, WiFi, and HSDPA connectivity.

The only time we've seen T-Mobile's Samsung T559 Comeback is on their leaked Summer roadmaps, so no one knew exactly what to expect from these overshadowed handsets. Well, just 2 days before its supposed July 15 launch, the Samsung T559 Comback has surfaced from just about nowhere. The T-Mobile T559 will be available in 5 colours, but so far the only 2 known colours are purple and red. Other minimal specs include: a 2MP AF camera, a microSD card slot, GPS, and Bluetooth. On a side note, details on the Samsung T469 are still unknown.

Update on July 14th: According to Boy Genius, the Samsung t559 Comeback will have 1700MHz 3G support as well. The price could be around $50 USD - but it's still unconfirmed. Take a look at the full spec sheet chart below.

According to Reuters, LG is going to launch an app store in the next 24 hours. This app store will launch with 1,400 applications and 100 free programs. This Application Store from LG is going to be available in 15 different languages, but sadly, the initial release is only going to be for the Asian market. LG has mentioned that their app store will be available in Europe and South America by the end of the year. However, North America is going to be left out of this app store equation - for now - since the iPhone's app store is just going to swallow them up.

All the buzz about the Google Chrome OS hasn't died yet. Early reports, by Google themselves, mentioned that the Chrome OS should be available by the end of 2010. But according to Eric Schmidt, HP and Acer could launch netbooks with the Chrome OS by the end of this year. First, we'll see how smooth things go before getting overexcited.

Netbooks running Chrome OS, Google’s newly announced operating system, may be available later this year, according to a report from Reuters, which quoted Google chief executive Eric Schmidt at the Allen & Company media and technology conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 9.“Everybody we’ve talked to under nondisclosure is excited about the plan,” Schmidt told Reuters. “So hopefully later this year we’ll see some announcements.”

According to Reuters, Hewlett-Packard and Acer are working with Google to create devices running Chrome OS, which was designed to better exploit the Chrome browser and modern Web services, such as online applications.

On the official Toys "R" Us website, the Asus Eee PC MK90 Netpal has just popped up for pre-orders. This 8.9-inch netbook costs $349.99 USD. The specs of this netbook are: an 8.9-inch display with a 1,024 x 600 resolution, an Intel Atom 1.6GHz N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 16GB SSD, WiFi b/g/n, 3 USB 2.0 ports, and an integrated 0.3MP webcam.

As of right now, it runs Windows XP and doesn't have an option for a 160GB HDD - like traditional netbooks out there. It weighs 2.2 pounds, which should be light enough for your kid to carry. On top of Windows XP, Asus and Disney implemented their own "parent-control features, access to Radio Disney, and custom themes from Cars and Toy Story." I have one question though. Where's the Lilo and Stitch theme?

If you care about the mid-end Samsung Star S5230 then you might want more options on your handset. In Germany, this handset is available now for €249 ($335 USD) unlocked in black, white, pink, and purple. However, in France this handset is known as the Samsung Player One. There will be a special edition of the handset called Samsung Player One Zadig & Volitaire. This special edition has "a redesigned case and a stylish back cover, to match the look of the Z&V fashion house." Take a look at it below.

Ever wanted to run Android on your current PC / laptop? You don't? Okay then don't read this. Oh wait, you do? Today's your lucky day then. You can use this program called Live Android and you will be able to run it on your x86 PC. Check it out now.

I'm sure you remember Acer's Android netbook that's being dual-booted with XP (here and here). DigiTimes has just reported that Acer is launching this netbook in August. This will be the world's first Android-based netbook, but at this point this release date is still a rumour.

That long rumoured Apple tablet may hit stores by the end of the year, according to China Times. The three companies that will be working on the netbook / tablet are Foxconn, Wintek, and Dynapack. This netbook / tablet will have a touchscreen, similar to the Asus Eee PC T91 or T101H. But, the inclusion of a keyboard was not mentioned, so it could just be a straight-up 9.7-inch tablet. This rumoured Apple tablet / netbook is expected to hit the shelves this October with an $800 USD price tag.

I'm sure you remember LG's Black Label smartphone aka the next iPhone competitor. Well, here it is. This is the next-gen LG Chocolate BL40 and there's even a video below - and it looks like it's authentic. This new LG Chocolate BL40 has a: 21:9 aspect ratio, about a 4-inch display with a 345 x 800 resolution multi-touchscreen display, a Schneider-kreuznach lens (megapixels still uknown), a Flash-based 3D UI, aGPS, WiFi, and 7.2Mbps HSDPA connectivity. The screen is also said to be scratch-proof glass and it looks about as thin as the old-school iPod Nanos.

Looks good doesn't it... hell yes! I'd definitely prefer a 16:9 aspect ratio display though, but we'll just have to see some hands-on videos in the future. The virtual QWERTY keyboard could probably be ruled out in portrait mode and it looks like it could take some getting used to in landscape mode as well. Anyways, enjoy the video below, it looks amazing so far.